Thanks Kurt. 

What I so often find especially galling is the simplistic solutions frequently offered by so many on the left to our world's major issues.  Its almost as though they have no concept of the world around them.  Witness for example the posts of one of my fellow Canucks here.  Dead set against the existence of our oilsands here in Alberta, she and others like her, post screeds declaiming their harm to the environment and massive CO2 emissions.  Said screeds contain the words of celebrities touting what benefits to the poor and impoverished all the billions of dollars that those evil oil company revenues could accomplish, if the oil companies would willingly redirect them, no longer used for the pursuit of the aforementioned 'dirty' oil.

Of course the screed uttered by the celeb is only words - its not like the celeb had stopped using that modern innovation called air travel to get them from place to place, or donated all of their income to benefit the poor - as they suggest the oil companies should.

Of course the screed and those who repeat it, also fail to consider the implications of actually implementing their wish - making the oil sands disappear from the pool of global oil.  Poof.  Okay.  Oil sands be gone.  Oh sure, the job losses are one thing, people can always be retrained.   But what of the loss of this oil from Canada?  Oopsie - America (and Canada) would immediately be increasing their import of oil from the unstable middle east.  Oh wait.  The oilsands oil is off the table, so what else  does that mean?   Why it means higher oil prices on the commodity markets.  This means we're all suddenly paying more for our gas.  Ooops.

What else does it mean?  Well, for one, in Canada, we have this thing called transfer payments between the provinces and Ottawa.  Alberta is one of what we call a "have" province while many provinces are "have not".  It means that Alberta's wealth, largely obtained though our oil patch and tar sands revenues, is a net contributor to the welfare of all Canadians. Take away our tar sands prematurely - as the activists would do - (the oil sands will go away eventually) and suddenly this province becomes a have not.  Is the country ready to start contributing to Alberta's citizens so we can maintain our standards of social programs like the rest of Canada?  Of course they would have to be ready - even if it meant a decline in the overall social coverage for all Canadians ( ie a decline in our standard of living) — or, not liking that, we could always increase taxation.  Sure - let's go with that!

See - this is but one example of what pisses me off about liberal and lefty thinking.  Their answers are always easy and make great sound bites in this ever-PC world we live in.  But when it comes to the rubber hitting the road, their plans land with a dull thud when the lefty is exposed to the harsh reality of The Real World.

So sirdroseph, and all you other bleaters that continue to decry my 'constant negativity', now you have a sense of where its coming from.  I'm sick and fucking tired of la-la land liberal thinking that spouts all the good words and ideas THAT WE ALL WANT TO HEAR AND ACCOMPLISH — and FAILS OVER AND OVER AGAIN to realize the realities and practicalities of this world.  Barack Obama sold the you American voters a pile of bullshit.  Where's the "green jobs" he promised?  Will he deliver those before or after he puts America's "dirty coal" out of business, as he has promised to do.  Think all the positive thoughts and vibes you want, but you're NOT solving the problem by discarding thought that is not yours.

I hesitate to call any liberal thinking acquaintances here stupid, as they are most certainly not that.  But deep thinkers and pragmatists most are not.  And there seems to be a direct correlation between how dead wrong their thinking is and the speed that they reach for the broad brush to tar all those who don't think like them.  Its a pattern I've seen repeated over and over.

Anyway, I'm now out of steam and have better things to do tonight, so to quote the 'wisdom' of a DD, I bid you high school.

*cough*

 
edit: Hey, I'm the one in charge of patting Beaker on the head.

I find you more of an American in point and perspective than most who live here and either fail to see or choose to ignore the big picture.

I've been on RP since 2003 chump and my views on American politics are well known — I've been commenting on the politics of America since before you even heard of RP let alone listened to your first speech of bull uttered by Barry. 

I have been listening to RP since 2001, just not participating in the forum, but you are correct in that I have not been reading your post history as I do not care enough to peruse through an individual's post to acquire a gotcha moment and finally I am not a tool.

My pet peeve is negativity, you have an overabundant supply and it is spilling all over the political threads in this forum. Such negative energy is bad karma man!

What took you so long?  Perhaps is was your joy that Dubya was in office - and you went silent for eight years...

I've been on RP since 2003 chump and my views on American politics are well known — I've been commenting on the politics of America since before you even heard of RP let alone listened to your first speech of bull uttered by Barry.  If you weren't such a superior than thou tool you would have recognized this.

I've been on RP since 2003 chump and my views on American politics are well known — I've been commenting on the politics of America since before you even heard of RP let alone listened to your first speech of bull uttered by Barry.  If you weren't such a superior than thou tool you would have recognized this.

What are you going to do when the Republicans regain control over Congress and then retake the White House in 2012; just go politically silent for 4 years until the Dems retake it back because all of the problems of the world are solved for this 4 year window? Do you ever discuss policy or issues that is not in the context of how it makes Obama or other Dems look bad? Do policies really even matter to you at all outside of the context of Republican good; Democrat bad? I am just askin.........

Coolio.  Barry has a depressed economy on his hands, just introduced a new boondoggle of health care legislation that will send employers and their jobs running, and now it seems he's close to a trade war with China.  That will certainly help the economy!  Barry is most certainly a master of ... timing.

Al Sharpton: 'The American Public Overwhelmingly Voted for Socialism When They Elected President Obama'

"First of all, then we have to say the American public overwhelmingly voted for socialism when they elected President Obama," Sharpton said. "Let's not act as though the president didn't tell the American people - the president offered the American people health reform when he ran. He was overwhelmingly elected running on that and he has delivered what he promised."

 romeotuma wrote:All well and good, but when is the economy going to pick up?

Yep.  Its a pretty straightforward and predictable effect.  Why aren't the Dems and Obama listening?  Because its a once-in-a-lifetime chance for the Dems to remake the US and add a new costly entitlement that future administrations may find impossible to remove.  Damn the torpedoes and our re-election chances!  Full speed ahead by any means necessary!

Proof that the campaign waged by Sen. Obama was the most seamless ever from campaign to taking office: one endless lie upon another.